New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-14
JERRY" HARTIGAN BURIED,
MOTLEY GATHERING AT HIS FUNERAL.
"AHp POLITICIANS IN PROFCsIN-GRIEF OF THE
woMEN-,NCIDsNTs ar THE GRAVE.


INA, MARKS the grave Of jeremiah HaitIgan bit, Ike
ioch' he was fellow of Infinite lest and of inenta
soou ha'ne and some sDch sentiment VAS the exnres
, VI oil me mourners who followed him from St
-. 'n"ich 10 his resting place in Calvary
g Sm.a IA" mineral was worthy OF the man.
,.is, anu wasn't IT ilgant altogether. said his
s" "'cn"s' ana sure it elegant
'crIS was escorted to tho grave bv considerable,
80 ''o carriages, and many hundreds of mon and
"dNhg afoot, who followed a bcarc d,.wn
t'a"'"s Dia'k Siccds-they were NOT ordinary
""' 'os"lar stccds-that channel tbeIr hits
oo ,,., WIN ioa" spots the black trappnQs of
@ W." men fhey were caparsoned But Jerrv,s.
iu"crh' costly and elaborate as II was ,r,s h ~
iuca"s an "undertaker's funeral, There u,s -
ing outwarlly either "cosflv- or eIa,ona.a ~
majority OF the folk who Joined in solemn bfoh ns
'o' '"o "posc OF Jerys' soul, and walled I'm nro
d'or MS Dody to the grave. Whatever their
, '''''''8S' the CITIZENS Of the Fourth and Sixth
Gus 'r" NOT given to oyerDicety In their dress or
mn sie'ch' 50 they turned ont in broken DerbIas.
- ~ "hoie Dcr"ics, III sl'ached hats in cloth
"ps IN Da'tercd tiles. I'm Of many crfs IN o,bar
garments picturesque with antaut,v cey..,, n.,
"i'es were represented The Irish wrrc I'm q ,o,c.
"'"!o'"S' D't The Italians also made good showing.
a"' ".'e ana there thlnsman couId be singled ont
yhn,, 49,. "S7"c""s group OF men, perhaps some of
,r,rotto . amy nor all OF whom, II would he an
'"S."c 10 class In general way as rourbs,
FNrrf WALSH AMONG THE MorRvpps
Inc hour appointed for the funeral so,,,Ioos -.
~ III. Long before that time men HOGAN 10 80
" '""" anu 'hceS about the do1r Of No y, .,i,v nm
' ""ch 10 enter the hDTs". and climb ,be
STAIRS 10 The fourth floor. where the ,omn lou,
"'' WASH was one Of tho first TO come lie was
-" III mourning as deep as that which the dead
mans relatives wore. He seemed IN reco,orvo 49,
TACT that Jerry" Couldn't be bur,od ,f,L. ~, NV
~ vas jerry and me- to the last and hath rron.
di'Ac indispensable to the funeral I'm bi,ck hoa,
H' 'lcrc ISN'T more substantially nrosn crous
o'hihs individual than " the big fellow, AZ Jerrr,
-" ~ '"l hIh and when Jerry's, admirers and
d'luaihanccs swclled into a crowd the Vardar y, 80
""'"S tolu his friends that she knew evcrvbod,
".1 hcfe are the names Of a few OF them:
rctc' DO Lacey, who Is understood to have born.
"'sI Va INC funeral expenses, Nicholas ORGAN ona
'Nl'5 old'st friends. p Wolfe, William couran
- . sullivan John ianlan, George sulIyan-tbcs.
''.'n a'ohs with Warden Walsh were the palItearer-
'n''H'an rat' Diver, Major A. p Green. Com.
'Sohcf fHiroy, Deputy street Cleaning Coutnssion,
Jane Secbold, William War; x-pollc. can,aI,
ehith' now city marshal, "Martp Reese vtItan
p'i"ial' me halter NJ j. Bone, a Tamnanv braye
''""cS' commonly Known as barr Downey
ioS curtis, Alderman =. III McCarthy Alderman
fa1ch NAPOLEON Oakley, exConcIcs, man scbn,lcI.
Inn Hoy, Denis Shea, Jerry, Sullivan. tho hase
oan player and umpire, Bryan G.. Mcswyny. shoe.
niaher ana patriot, ex Alderman Sterling Of BrookIvu
Ho'aDie political warrior In his day. hicf Dorovs,
Vi 'oDohc| ana commissioner OF Account, Adamson
'orc"I'ah = Donovan Rosa came and chattcd with
i''ei'S Dit dd not remain TO the end. John Roche
LOST a days work to attend the funeral
Nlck7 Langden, whose death wa, ronorted an,
whose obituary was printed few week, AGO busted
himself In explaining that II had been all a p,ftak.
ana That the Lord spared me to see Door Terry
iH'u ueI"w' conspicuous among the throng who
noo"'d ihtO the church when the coffin was carried
'h'ner ami laid before the altar was a hale old
man. blind and led by young woman II was
ian MuFphy' who under the guidance + his grand
daughter had come from Cherry IIlll 10 attend the
funeral. Mr. Murphy has family plot in Calvary.
IL IS married. by great granite monument thus In
scHbcd; ." To outlast the English Government "Old
sporty Campana, the pedestrian, came all the way
from bridgeport to be present. So Anlrev-s Church
was crowded to the door, aud seldom Las It's roof
covered such gathering.
TWO PECULIAR ELEMENTS REPRE- SCENTED
Bnt there were two other eieme In this assem-
nise 'hat caused 10 be che Of the rcmal kabo
thai ever ncsr, priest sing mass for any soul Erst
ING "ohen, VINO were present In great numbers
my were CLUSTERED about tho front Of the gallery
and In The iody OF the church, "a; near the ronin
iheS were nearly all old women. and Jerry Harti-
cams female relatives and WaItt.n Waish- sister cx
copied they were nearly al clad In poverty's plain
Uniform Their prc-cncc spoke great deal far Uart
ssh-ihofe than the hcar,e and four and An ibs
oo@che-, and all tho politicians. What were they,
hPP''"Iih'n' rag pckcr-, newspaper sellers. women
VII" make The seamless of living In the most hu,abl.
ana inot folsom" way These all there to pray
Tor The repo'e OF the soul Of Jerry" II,rfgan and
'hey spoke OF him IN fears a, our dear friend,
Then th,Ic another element f. WAS mira
-em"l BY Italian sAocblack- and new -boys pedcrs,
iaArs and men Of no Noca ion. They. too when The,
sp"Ac II lior~ Hart gan called him "d.ar friend,
iho Kew Dr. Noo,s celebrated mass. Ia her owens
acUd a. Deacon and FrtLcr Hopper a. sub Deacon.
tn--lf-
,Fo Consisting OF Nadine J. Dcicn ach -opfaso.
J. Muller tenor. anu iicu Won ,toul.l.. ii>- nae
ofsan-t II director va Charles Wc, u, fore mas.
L'dy td h'cLoNch- funeral na.cb. after 90. thopns
Iunt al march. and last of all. funeral march C. IN
po,ed ly himself at the deah of President Tay lor
Nhch inc service VA over the l removed
RON mo GOTTA, aud dn opportunity for a la look Al
: J'rIyS worn ia ui'> Va, gi'sl. rl"n tho Low
p!" I"',H ~ mo Cemetery wa begun. II va hcaied
by carr ag' filled with floral tribute. y y cam
Ine n,".Sr, and directly hehm II mcnihcf, II iht
O"nniy D'm"eIacy. oi the~e ,hrIc were about 500
pre- cnt. some 375 Of them Comrut"cn.p from mo
second district. They wore black lo.lcrcd bads'.
with tie legend. "Wo mourn Our los" The chief
monrncrS' carriage. and containing other
friends brought mp The procession.
JOHNNY LOOKUP" WAS rRFsrNE
TIE most singular flanc In It was The grltcsqns
lttlO man whose nckalm', Johnny Looh up" ind.
rates Of his many peculiaIics. lie danced about
the van q tie coricg'. now with his coat ON, now
with Il or He viewed everything with professional
-toiity, II attending funerals may be rcckoucd pro-
ics ION and uttered never u wuld. bur managed to DO
zero there and evcr when. Duancst TO Ccnirc-si TO
p arto CITY Hall place to Duane st. 10 New Chaniers
t. to Madison, Market, Henry and Grand street Ferry
was tue route taken Captain MCullagh and a force
II officers temporarily stopped traffic IN the nciehborhooe
o prevent accidents There were many ltlo incidents
by tho way. Windows wcn crowded with gazing
face, como sympathetic, some wondering The Itl-
sn. al tho fruit stands uncovered their heads.
ltlo queer old woman near New Chanbcr--st. was
waiting for tho procession. she wiped her eyes with
her HpIun and una &c to restrain herself burst into
tears and In rich Irish hIusuc exclaimed out Of die
func~S OF her heart
"OcLonc an Is this the way ye'-c coming. Jerry,
my darint sure H. the good word Mr.. Hart sap
over had Tor the poor :"
II Jerry alive that Mister would tickle
iinis quoth by lander
tn near the ferry everybody didn't know Jerry",
and some Of those who did. AID who If course argucc
not 10 know him to auelr One>-'lf unknC wn
nightly amu-cd by the following interesting snatch Of
ftu